WASHINGTON, D.C. — Blue Ant Media’s wildlife and nature brand Love Nature today announced Alison Barrat (above) has been promoted to senior vice-president of production and development.
In this new position, Barrat has a leading role in finding, developing and commissioning new projects for Love Nature and is responsible for executing programming strategies for the brand’s international channels. She oversees all production management and post production and serves as the main point of creative contact for both in-house and independent production companies. She will also work with Love Nature’s programming, marketing, PR and sales teams to grow the brand.
She will continue to report to Carlyn Staudt, global general manager, from Love Nature’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.
“Alison’s wealth of strategic experience in the natural history space and her creative instincts are invaluable in driving the content pipeline for Love Nature’s line-up of innovative wildlife and nature programming,” said Staudt, in a press release announcing Barrat’s promotion.
Barrat joined Blue Ant in early 2018 as vice-president of production and development. She is a multi-award and Emmy-winning film professional with more than 20 years of experience in natural history film production. Prior to working at Love Nature, Barrat launched a specialist wildlife film production unit at the Living Oceans Foundation where she executive produced films for PBS, the Smithsonian Channel and Curiositystream. Over the last two decades she has written, produced and directed natural history and science programs for National Geographic Channel, Discovery Communications and PBS. Barrat’s experience also includes leadership roles in development and production with National Geographic Television.
Barrat is scheduled to appear at Realscreen Summit 2021’s virtual event next month. Her 30 Minutes With… session on February 2 will present Love Nature’s 2021 commissioning strategy.
